Author: Malcolm Andrews
NRL 2014: We preview the new season
The 2014 NRL season gets underway this week when Premiers Sydney Roosters take on rivals South Sydney Rabbitohs at the ANZ Stadium. Here’s how we…
The Aussie outlook: Why I can’t wait for kick off
Like a drug addict I need a fix! Only the drug of my choice isn’t harmful, even if it is addictive. Rugby League! It’s been…
The Aussie outlook: Spitfires and Eccles cakes
Regular readers will know of my fondness for the grass roots of the game in Old Blighty, especially some of the clubs with an interesting…
View from the Strand: Murphy’s Law at Henson Park
The start of the New Year in the Antipodes has been as predictable as ever. Enter Mr Glenn ‘Bumper’ Dwyer, the indefatigable publicity and marketing…
Freddy Fittler in fantasy league
Malcolm Andrews reacts to a story that Brad ‘Freddy’ Fittler will come out of retirement to play for Sydney Roosters in next month’s NRL Nines…
What might happen in 2014: Olde Malcolm’s Almanack
Malcolm Andrews looks ahead to what might happen in Rugby League in 2014… Move over Nostradamus. Olde Malcolm is here again with extracts from his…
Not so Stella Christmas presents
Malcolm Andrews gives his compliments of the season. Apologies to everyone if I sound a bit like the Grinch. But it is that time of…
Up Stinky Creek without a paddle
Malcolm Andrews reflects on the activities of a former media manager for Bradford Bulls turned politician in Oz… One of the most prolific users of…
Discussing the Australian Rugby League hall of fame
It has been a week of Rugby League nostalgia for your humble Antipodean scribe. An email from the good folk at the Rugby League Museum…
Can we stop the Australian juggernaut?
Call it killer instinct … call it whatever you like. But on Saturday the Australians showed why they are simply the best in the Greatest…